Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-03-26
INTERSTATE SCHEDULE.
HOW TAE NEW RATES WILL
EFFECT NEVADA.
What Leading Merchant Thinks
of 1t

The principal subject OF discus
sion now in business circles is the
probable effect of the new inter
State freight rates on the CONNER
eial interests of the Pacific Coast.
La San Francisco all agree that the
rates will be much higher, and in
deed, the published rates have
caused a general growing among
business men and newspapers.
San francisco has long been
enjoying cut rates, and the sudden
transition from low cut rates to
high interstate is anything but a
pleasant prospect. In view of the
coming raise the business men of
the Coast are ordering heavily, and
rushing as much freight through as
possible before April 9th, the date
when the new law takes effect.
IT'S EFFECT ON NEVADA.
A prominent Carson merchant
thus expressed himself yesterday to
an APPEAL reporter:
The new through rates to San
Francisco, over which there are so
much growing at the Bay, are GER
tainly lower than / have been pay
ing here. The highest rate in their
published schedule is lst class from
Chicago to San Francisco-$4 20.
Now, | have been paying as high as
Sc. The lowest rate from Chicago
is $1.I5-class f. The lowest /
ever paid was 81, and l presume
that l paid the same as other Car
son merchants. The law provides
that the road shall charge no higher
at intermediate points than at ter
minal points. Now, suppose we
get the San Francisco rate; what
better do we want? 1t is less than
the old rate. [ cant tell as
yet in what class they will put GER
tain goods. but | cant see how Ne
vada is going to derive anything
but benefit. OF course other men
hold different opinions from these
but | cant see how they can have
them if they apply the figures"
TUE OCEAN TRADE.
How about the clipper ships?
OF course the clipper ships have al
ways cut big figure in the freight
question. These ships coming up
from the Isthmus have always been
a great benefit to San Francisco,
ard you seem to have an idea that
they will still compete. l do not
The c. P. Company would never
have made such a raise on san
Francisco without an understand
ing with the clipper ships. Either
the ships have gone in with the
road and agreed to stand pat with a
raise, or else the road has bought
them all off for six months and will
pay them to lie idle while they
shove the through rates up. The
law will become so obnoxious to
the public in few months that the
next Congress will be asked to re-
peal it. That's my idea. The big
cities will raise a big protest and
carry more weight than the interior
towns. The companies can afford
to combine and support the clip
pers in idleness for six months"
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
Yes. there's something in the
Canadian Pacific proposition. This
road is not embraced in the law.
They could carry freight to Victoria
aud then by placing line of steam
ers, snake it down to San Francisco
in quick time aud at reduced rates.
| should not be surprised to see
this scheme tried. This might in
lcIlClC Win CLAC oldbS Va IuS III
siders, yet 1t SCENE to me
that men so well versed in the ques-
ton, must have foreseen all this.
My opinion is, that the railroad
men propose to make the law as
obnoxious as possible, with a view
to lis repeal. As far as the Com
mission is concerned 1t is a rail
road Commission.
IN THE POOR.
Do | think the clipper ships are
in the pool2 Why of course. l
saw letter only u few days ago
from a New York house to a man
in S.n II a1oiSo, -, vrh;oh cS otS n